“I’m not racist.” these three words are ineffective and meaningless. meaningless or at the very least, ineffective. In today’s climate of civil unrest, people assurance
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The Same Thing? Imagination versus Experience
I’d just arrived at work, settling in with morning coffee when one of the summer interns, John runs excitedly towards my desk yelling “I understand
Unmasked: Blacklash, Corona and the Fourth of July
People say “back to normal” as if it is a good thing. What does back to normal mean? In the wake of COVID 19, is
The Sound of Music; the Pause that Refreshes
I started cello lessons in February. My playing tortures the cello. I am awful; one in every five notes is correct, the rest is caterwauling.
Does it Bring You Joy? Juneteenth, Marie Kondo and the Purge
It’s been three weeks since the murder of George Floyd and the world is reacting. The gut level response in a disaster is to do
A Social Piece on Words and Pictures
“You speak about 120 words per minute. How many of your words are meaningful, how many are true, how many bring peace?” That was the
Balancing on Unstable Surfaces 